Website Spotlight: Influenza 1918

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/

The parts of this website which I find particularly useful are the following:

Introduction: Influenza 1918
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/influenza-introduction/

Interview: Alfred Crosby
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/interview/influenza-alfred-crosby/

Primary Resources: A Letter from Camp Devens:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/influenza-letter/

General Articles: City Snapshots--Philadelphia
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/influenza-philadelphia/

General Articles: City Snapshots--Boston
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/influenza-boston/

General Articles: City Snapshots--San Francisco
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/influenza-san-francisco/

See also:

1. National Archives pictures: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/

2. "There Wasn't a Mine Runnin' a Lump O' Coal": A Kentucky Coal Miner Remembers the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/107

3. "He'll Come Home in a Box": The Spanish Influenza of 1918 Comes to Montana
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/14

4. "Please, Let Me Put Him in a Macaroni Box": The Spanish Influenza of 1918 in Philadelphia
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/13



On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S. History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+I